Jan and Dean were an American rock duo consisting of William Jan Berry and Dean Ormsby Torrence. In the early 1960s, they were pioneers of the California Sound and vocal surf music styles popularized by the Beach Boys.
Jan and Dean in 1964
The album cover to Pollution, designed by Torrence, won a Grammy Award for Best Album Cover in 1971.
Torrence and Berry in 1985
The California sound is a popular music aesthetic that originates with American pop and rock recording artists from Southern California in the early 1960s. At first, it was conflated with the California myth, an idyllic setting inspired by the state's beach culture that commonly appeared in the lyrics of commercial pop songs. Later, the sound was expanded outside its initial geography and subject matter and was developed to be more sophisticated, often featuring studio experimentation.
A young couple watching the sunset on a Los Angeles beach with surfboard in hand
Terry Melcher (left) with the Byrds' Gene Clark and David Crosby